Archive for gourmet goodness
Oh, what have I DONE?
Here’s what:
Invited people over to my apartment for a small Halloween movie situation. Great! Only three friends, a total of four. (Maybe five if the fourth fellow I invited actually responds…)
Great! Fantastic!
Except….
My apartment is a wreck. I have no clean dishes. No idea of what I’m going to serve for dinner. I can’t just have a plain, old regular meal. I need… decorations and a theme and STYLE.
Great.
Oh, and I have a trig test tomorrow.
Fantastic.
Two sides of the same coin
success: homemade chocolate chip cookies.
failure: expired vanilla that made said cookies taste funny in some places.
success: delicious chicken and rice cheesey quesadillas.
failure: rice burnt to bottom of pot.
success: chicken pizza bagels.
failure: none!
success: bagel with jam.
failure: first try in new toaster oven? blackened bagel.
The big girl cooking is coming along slowly but surely. I’m enjoying having my own kitchen, but there are definitely some challenges. I certainly struggle with deciding what to make. I stare at all the food that lives in my pantry and fridge, and try to visualize how to make it into a meal. Sometimes, I just get overwhelmed and heat something frozen up. Sometimes, I manage to make a meal.
Also, doing dishes by hand? Possibly my least favorite thing on earth. Vaguely improved by the lime green Ikea rubber gloves I bought and soap-dispensing-scrubby-tool. However, I tend to let it pile up until suddenly it becomes an Issue and I Have To Do The Dishes.
I’m on the hunt for yummy, easy recipes that are actual meals as opposed to a bagel with butter and jam. What’s YOUR favorite recipe?
